Book reviewed in this article:L'assurance‐santé, plaidoyer pour le modèle canadienPar MoniqueBéginHow Ottawa Spends 1987‐88: Restraining the Stateedited by MichaelJ. PrinceThe Decline of Urban Politics: Political Theory and the Crisis of the Local Stateby M. GottdienerPolicymaking under Adversityby YehezkelDrorUnemployment: International Perspectivesedited by MorleyGunderson, NoahM. Meltz, SylviaOstryUrban and Regional Planning in Canadaby J. BarryCullingworthTo the Last Dropby MichaelKeatingThe Management of Water ResourcesProceedings of an international seminar. The Institute for Research on Public Policy/The Institute of Public Administration of Canada.Confronting Values in Policy Analysis: The Politics of Criteriaby FrankFischerand JohnF